Professional Development for Educators: This Week at Tapped In (September 23-29)


SUNDAY
* Webheads in Action - TESOL/ESL/EFL/ELL community discussion for language teachers.

MONDAY
* National Board Certification Support Group - Gayle Britt leads this discussion for candidates for NBC and those thinking about becoming one.

TUESDAY
* Frazel Features - This month Midge will feature Google for Educators. Come see what teachers are doing with the Google tools inside and outside the classroom to help education harness the power of the Web.
* Math Transformers - Tired of hearing how boring math is? Tired of teaching concepts and having the students complain about not understanding or ask when do we use it? Join us in the Math Transformers chat to share ideas.
* Join Sue Roseman for the popular K-3+ Resources discussion. The topic for September is Back-to-School.

WEDNESDAY
* NEW! A Better 3Rs for Middle School: Relevance, Rigor, and Relationships - This will be the first of an intended series of discussions focused on middle schools as places where teaching and learning thrive and grow.
* Social Studies Forum - The War, the new Ken Burns documentary on World War II, will be featured in the September 26 Social Studies forum. Stacey Schwartz, Project Manager for Interactive Media and Outreach from PBS affiliate WETA, Washington, D.C. will discuss online lesson plans to accompany the film as well as other downloadable resources for classroom use.

THURSDAY
* Online Teaching and Learning: Join Roger Goodson for this controversial discussion on the topic of the future of education.
* Faculty Resistance to Online Learning: Roger Goodson leads this discussion about how best to work with faculty resistance to Online Learning.
* What is Wiki? Why use Wikis? Private or public Wikis? Join Michael Misovec of www.helpingstudents.org to create a class Wiki Project using A K12 Teacher Wiki and learn about WikiWizard
* GPBL - Multi-school and Global Collaborative Projects - Global Project-based learning refers to connecting teachers and students to collaboratively work together on curriculum based real-world projects. Join Linda Ullah for this discussion.
* SPECIAL! Great Resources for School Counselors - Back to School - Barbara Muller-Ackerman has some great school counseling back to school themes for your program throughout the coming year.

SATURDAY
* Religious Educators discussion with John Greenamyre (office hours for Religious Educators Monday though Saturday from 12 noon to 1pm ET).
* K-12 Campus Tour and Classroom Support - Join Jeff Cooper for this opportunity to learn how to create a K-12 Student Group in the safe and secure Tapped In Student Campus.

* TIPS AND TRICKS sessions are offered throughout the week to help both new and experienced Tapped In users get the most from the interface!

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Respectfully submitted,
BJ Berquist
Associate Educator, TAPPED IN
bjb@tappedin.org